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New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · January 12, 2026

Jan 12, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
1	1		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
2	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
3	—		World of Secrets	BBC
5	1		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
6	—	T	The Lodge	RNZ
6	8		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
7	3		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
7	—		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
8	—		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
10	1		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
11	2		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
12	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
13	2		What It Was Like	Superreal
14	1		RNZ100: A Century of Stories	RNZ
15	—		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
17	3		heretics.	Andrew Gold
18	1		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
19	2		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
20	2		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
21	9	K	Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt	RNZ
21	1		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
21	3		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
22	14		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
23	5		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
24	5		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
24	—		The Commune	Stuff Audio
24	1		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
26	18		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
27	3		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
30	—		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
31	—		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
31	3		Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au
31	6		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
32	32		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
32	—		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
33	4		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
33	5		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
34	31		Collapse	Stuff Audio
35	3		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
35	6		Our Common Nature	WNYC
35	17		Child	BBC Radio 4
38	22	J	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf
39	12	E	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts
41	23		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
43	6		The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media
43	19		Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster
44	3	T	The District	Stuff Audio
45	11	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
46	—		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
46	23		The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe
49	8		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
51	3		Dear Jane	The Spinoff
52	42		Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald
53	—		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
54	7		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
55	13		Jungle Prince	The New York Times
55	—	T	The After-Action Report	Seth Hettena
57	17		Threshold	Auricle Productions
58	92		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
58	—		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
59	19		Noble	Audiochuck
61	—	K	Kootenay Time	Canada
61	11	W	Welcome to Paradise	CBC
62	130		The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4
62	13		A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio
62	111		Van Dis Ongefilterd	Atlas Contact / Adriaan van Dis
63	14		Cement City	Audacy \| Cement City Productions
63	14		De Kunst van het Verdwijnen	VRT MAX
65	12		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
66	—		Profile	BBC Radio 4
67	12		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
68	14		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
69	33		The Agent	Imperative Entertainment
70	6		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
71	9		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
72	16		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
73	18		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
74	24		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
74	30		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
75	19		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
77	41		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
78	5		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
79	33	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism
81	4	T	The Stolen Children of Aotearoa	RNZ
81	22		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
82	11		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
83	38	C	Culture Dumps	Culture Dumps
83	—		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
84	16	R	Room 5	BBC Radio 4
84	31	C	Coiled	Leanne Alie
84	55		SCAMMERLAND	Superreal
85	2		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
87	12		Extreme	BBC
89	31		Jay Shetty - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
90	20		Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts
91	24	C	Canary: The Washington Post Investigates	The Washington Post
92	31	P	Prince William - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
92	21		Sold a Story	APM Reports
94	13		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly